Meaning not yet researched.
Sophia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12,561 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 2013.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1 in 2013; #5 in 2025. About 99.9% of babies named Sophia in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2013, at #1.
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Sophia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12,561 girls in 2025. Peak: #1 in 2013 · most girls in one year: 22,336 (2012).
In 2025, 12,561 US girls were named Sophia, making it the 5th most common girls’ name of the year, up 1 place from #6 in 2024. That is 435 more than the 12,126 girls named Sophia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1, reached in 2013. The most girls given the name in a single year was 22,336, in 2012. For comparison, it was #3 in 2015 and #849 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sophia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 138 babies with the name. In all, 439,619 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 181,369 babies named Sophia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 133,724 US girls were named Sophia; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 16,185. In 2025 that was about 1 in 128 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sophia ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #2 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Sofia (186,931 babies since 1880), Sophie (138,694 babies since 1880), Sofie (5,003 babies since 1880) and Zofia (2,013 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Zophia, Sophya and Sophi are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Sophie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and German. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Zophia (688), Sophya (625), Sophi (537), Sophy (508), Sophee (388), Sophea (350), Sophina (298), Sophiya (282), Sophiah (222), Soffia (122), Sophiea (96), Sophey (36), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Sophia is listed as a nickname for Sophronia.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 318 | #2 | #3 |
| Arizona | 315 | #2 | #1 |
| Delaware | 41 | #2 | #3 |
| Connecticut | 166 | #2 | #1 |
| Pennsylvania | 507 | #2 | #4 |
| District of Columbia | 36 | #2 | #9 |
| Michigan | 341 | #3 | #4 |
| Colorado | 242 | #3 | #5 |
| Wisconsin | 195 | #3 | #7 |
| Ohio | 464 | #3 | #4 |
| Virginia | 319 | #3 | #5 |
| Kentucky | 166 | #3 | #6 |
| New Hampshire | 58 | #3 | #4 |
| Illinois | 473 | #3 | #3 |
| New Mexico | 65 | #3 | #2 |
| California | 1,685 | #3 | #1 |
| Oklahoma | 133 | #4 | #5 |
| New Jersey | 396 | #4 | #3 |
| New York | 721 | #4 | #3 |
| North Carolina | 396 | #4 | #5 |
| Rhode Island | 35 | #4 | #3 |
| Washington | 277 | #4 | #3 |
| Hawaii | 36 | #4 | #7 |
| Texas | 1,359 | #5 | #2 |
| Vermont | 22 | #5 | #7 |
| Tennessee | 244 | #5 | #6 |
| South Carolina | 160 | #5 | #15 |
| Florida | 970 | #5 | #3 |
| Oregon | 124 | #5 | #3 |
| Nevada | 111 | #5 | #1 |
| Indiana | 234 | #5 | #5 |
| Louisiana | 123 | #5 | #10 |
| Maryland | 210 | #5 | #2 |
| Georgia | 310 | #6 | #6 |
| West Virginia | 54 | #6 | #5 |
| Kansas | 117 | #6 | #5 |
| Missouri | 211 | #6 | #6 |
| Iowa | 104 | #7 | #5 |
| Minnesota | 194 | #7 | #8 |
| Montana | 34 | #8 | #11 |
| Idaho | 71 | #8 | #6 |
| Arkansas | 78 | #10 | #6 |
| Alabama | 124 | #12 | #10 |
| Maine | 34 | #12 | #7 |
| Wyoming | 13 | #13 | #27 |
| Alaska | 20 | #14 | #8 |
| Nebraska | 54 | #14 | #6 |
| Mississippi | 54 | #18 | #33 |
| Utah | 104 | #20 | #8 |
| South Dakota | 25 | #21 | #6 |
| North Dakota | 18 | #36 | #6 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,561 | #5 | 11 | #7,606 |
| 2024 | 12,126 | #6 | — | — |
| 2023 | 11,999 | #5 | 9 | #8,827 |
| 2022 | 12,382 | #5 | 12 | #7,198 |
| 2021 | 12,585 | #6 | 10 | #8,078 |
| 2020 | 13,105 | #4 | 11 | #7,431 |
| 2019 | 13,821 | #4 | 16 | #5,765 |
| 2018 | 14,013 | #5 | 16 | #5,742 |
| 2017 | 14,947 | #5 | 19 | #5,083 |
| 2016 | 16,185 | #4 | 18 | #5,286 |
| 2015 | 17,454 | #3 | 14 | #6,265 |
| 2014 | 18,644 | #3 | 19 | #5,034 |
| 2013 | 21,255 | #1 | 26 | #3,947 |
| 2012 | 22,336 | #1 | 18 | #5,215 |
| 2011 | 21,863 | #1 | 23 | #4,335 |
| 2010 | 20,656 | #2 | 26 | #3,974 |
| 2009 | 16,951 | #4 | 9 | #8,899 |
| 2008 | 16,091 | #7 | 12 | #7,120 |
| 2007 | 17,031 | #6 | 18 | #5,181 |
| 2006 | 13,503 | #9 | 22 | #4,349 |
| 2005 | 12,678 | #12 | 16 | #5,244 |
| 2004 | 10,919 | #15 | 40 | #2,686 |
| 2003 | 9,687 | #20 | 13 | #5,834 |
| 2002 | 8,665 | #27 | 6 | #10,483 |
| 2001 | 7,162 | #37 | 9 | #7,429 |
| 2000 | 6,564 | #42 | 6 | #10,178 |
| 1999 | 5,423 | #53 | 6 | #9,740 |
| 1998 | 4,308 | #73 | 6 | #9,486 |
| 1997 | 3,640 | #94 | 5 | #10,596 |
| 1996 | 2,513 | #125 | 5 | #10,335 |
| 1995 | 1,765 | #168 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1,614 | #185 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1993 | 1,498 | #196 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1,355 | #211 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,263 | #226 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,124 | #251 | 5 | #9,322 |
| 1989 | 1,060 | #254 | 15 | #3,783 |
| 1988 | 1,166 | #226 | 5 | #8,343 |
| 1987 | 1,124 | #238 | 5 | #7,983 |
| 1986 | 1,060 | #245 | 6 | #6,620 |
| 1985 | 1,098 | #236 | 9 | #4,645 |
| 1984 | 1,082 | #235 | — | — |
| 1983 | 1,196 | #210 | 7 | #5,412 |
| 1982 | 1,161 | #224 | — | — |
| 1981 | 1,235 | #211 | 5 | #7,137 |
| 1980 | 641 | #366 | — | — |
| 1979 | 494 | #424 | — | — |
| 1978 | 409 | #477 | — | — |
| 1977 | 432 | #457 | — | — |
| 1976 | 366 | #496 | — | — |
| 1975 | 380 | #487 | 5 | #6,220 |
| 1974 | 387 | #468 | — | — |
| 1973 | 455 | #429 | — | — |
| 1972 | 486 | #405 | — | — |
| 1971 | 590 | #385 | — | — |
| 1970 | 582 | #402 | — | — |
| 1969 | 593 | #385 | — | — |
| 1968 | 548 | #392 | 5 | #4,660 |
| 1967 | 603 | #367 | — | — |
| 1966 | 589 | #376 | — | — |
| 1965 | 509 | #416 | — | — |
| 1964 | 471 | #452 | 6 | #3,981 |
| 1963 | 524 | #426 | — | — |
| 1962 | 486 | #438 | — | — |
| 1961 | 324 | #547 | — | — |
| 1960 | 261 | #623 | — | — |
| 1959 | 277 | #595 | — | — |
| 1958 | 226 | #661 | — | — |
| 1957 | 188 | #730 | — | — |
| 1956 | 121 | #922 | — | — |
| 1955 | 152 | #782 | — | — |
| 1954 | 113 | #909 | — | — |
| 1953 | 129 | #815 | — | — |
| 1952 | 110 | #883 | — | — |
| 1951 | 153 | #709 | — | — |
| 1950 | 109 | #849 | — | — |
| 1949 | 123 | #781 | — | — |
| 1948 | 112 | #831 | — | — |
| 1947 | 108 | #847 | — | — |
| 1946 | 107 | #800 | — | — |
| 1945 | 103 | #736 | — | — |
| 1944 | 104 | #752 | — | — |
| 1943 | 104 | #761 | — | — |
| 1942 | 81 | #858 | — | — |
| 1941 | 107 | #680 | — | — |
| 1940 | 105 | #680 | — | — |
| 1939 | 99 | #687 | — | — |
| 1938 | 88 | #735 | — | — |
| 1937 | 104 | #669 | — | — |
| 1936 | 98 | #671 | — | — |
| 1935 | 101 | #658 | — | — |
| 1934 | 107 | #650 | 5 | #4,138 |
| 1933 | 103 | #649 | — | — |
| 1932 | 132 | #571 | — | — |
| 1931 | 133 | #574 | — | — |
| 1930 | 152 | #554 | — | — |
| 1929 | 169 | #527 | — | — |
| 1928 | 195 | #495 | — | — |
| 1927 | 240 | #448 | — | — |
| 1926 | 234 | #442 | — | — |
| 1925 | 289 | #403 | — | — |
| 1924 | 357 | #365 | — | — |
| 1923 | 369 | #342 | — | — |
| 1922 | 390 | #331 | — | — |
| 1921 | 489 | #299 | — | — |
| 1920 | 545 | #279 | — | — |
| 1919 | 604 | #261 | — | — |
| 1918 | 629 | #256 | — | — |
| 1917 | 698 | #235 | 5 | #4,499 |
| 1916 | 697 | #232 | — | — |
| 1915 | 692 | #227 | — | — |
| 1914 | 548 | #229 | — | — |
| 1913 | 429 | #232 | — | — |
| 1912 | 397 | #225 | — | — |
| 1911 | 272 | #238 | — | — |
| 1910 | 271 | #237 | — | — |
| 1909 | 256 | #222 | — | — |
| 1908 | 276 | #203 | — | — |
| 1907 | 265 | #198 | — | — |
| 1906 | 247 | #194 | — | — |
| 1905 | 237 | #198 | — | — |
| 1904 | 230 | #197 | — | — |
| 1903 | 213 | #199 | — | — |
| 1902 | 256 | #180 | — | — |
| 1901 | 221 | #187 | — | — |
| 1900 | 259 | #197 | — | — |
| 1899 | 238 | #180 | — | — |
| 1898 | 240 | #189 | — | — |
| 1897 | 278 | #164 | — | — |
| 1896 | 278 | #160 | — | — |
| 1895 | 259 | #164 | — | — |
| 1894 | 276 | #156 | — | — |
| 1893 | 247 | #159 | — | — |
| 1892 | 241 | #162 | — | — |
| 1891 | 220 | #153 | — | — |
| 1890 | 245 | #144 | — | — |
| 1889 | 251 | #139 | — | — |
| 1888 | 251 | #136 | — | — |
| 1887 | 192 | #137 | — | — |
| 1886 | 218 | #128 | — | — |
| 1885 | 185 | #134 | — | — |
| 1884 | 170 | #135 | — | — |
| 1883 | 159 | #129 | — | — |
| 1882 | 179 | #116 | — | — |
| 1881 | 122 | #131 | — | — |
| 1880 | 138 | #118 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).